Gestational Diabetes

GD babies born ~ average sized

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sondrac2016 wrote:

Just curious, I keep seeing posts where the GD babies are born and are 6, 7 and 8 lbs (BS numbers controlled with diet or pills/insulin). This is awesome news and I hope to have the same outcome, but each time I go for a growth scan they keep saying how big the baby is! Is discouraging because I have done well with my numbers, gained no weight the last 10 weeks (38 wks 3 days now) and was hoping to see the babies size level off a little by doing what they asked.

I'm curious on the babies that have been born, were they also saying the baby was going to be large? I know ultrasounds and fundal measurements are unreliable, but I thought it would be interesting to hear from babies actually born vs what they were expecting.

It was opposite for me. They kept telling me how little she was. Borderline IGUR. 11th percentile. I was induced 4 days early and she was a respectable 6 pounds 15 ounces. About 50th percentile for all her measurements!

Of course, she was quite little for me. My first two kids were 9 and 8.3 and I didn't have GD with them.

My daughter was born at 38 weeks and was 8 lbs 2 oz, she was a typical "football player shaped" GD baby. I was on glyburide and my numbers were not very well controlled.....no matter what I did :( My current pregnancy my numbers are controlled much better, but my baby measured 21 weeks at my 19 week scan. But they are not 100% accurate. But I am betting on having another large baby. Pleas this one is a boy, so I expect him to be at least 9 lbs....but I could be wrong.

My son measured right on track at every scan and with every measurement. He was born on his due date (not induced). He was 9lbs 1oz, 21.5 inches long and my OB said, "wow, I thought he was going to be smaller". It's pretty much a crap shoot. (diet controlled, no sugar issues after birth)

I was diet/exercise controlled GD. My fundal height was always measuring right on track, and had a growth scan at 37 weeks saying baby was estimated 6 lbs 11 ounces. She was born the next week at 38 weeks 4 days weighing 7 lbs 6 oz 20 inches long and no blood sugar issues thank god!

Well from my personal experience, my little girl came early at 37 weeks and four days, she weighed 7 lbs. 2 oz. and was 19 and three-quarter's long. I was completely diet controlled and on insulin for fasting overnight.

My guy was born at 38w even and weighed 6lbs 8oz. He had been measuring larger during his growth scans. I'd had one 5 days earlier and they were estimating he was around 8lbs. He was really long so everyone thought his weight would be in line with his height but instead he was just tall and thin.

Diet and exercise controlled GD with my son. Water broke at 37 weeks but didn't go into active labor so they induced. He was measuring on track the entire time and was only 5 pounds 2 ounces and 19". No blood sugar issues for him.

I had an ultrasound at 36 weeks saying bub was measuring 7lb give or take 2 POUNDS EITHER WAY? What? So 5-8lb. Waste of time. I controlled my GD with diet. Bub was 8lb 9oz at 38+4 weeks. I was told he was a 'big baby' not a 'fat baby'. So genetics (thanks to my husband). His blood levels were fine.

I did not have GD with my first, he was born at 38 weeks and weighed 9lbs 14oz. I have GD with my second (diet controlled) and have growth scans every 4 weeks. She was last measured at 33 weeks at 6lbs. I'm sure she will be big because my son was so big, but I guess we will see when the time comes.

I had diet controlled GD and they were worried about my little guys weight being higher than normal. I was told at 34 weeks that he was 8 lbs which terrified me. I had a CS at 38.5 weeks and he was born at 7.1. After he dropped to 6.4 but eventually caught up. He wasn't big at all! Now he's massive but that's another story...ha ha!

My lil guy was born at 40w6d and weighed 8lb 5oz, sugars controlled by diet. My last scan at 36 weeks measured 6lbs, they said if I delivered at 40w he would be 8lbs, so they were pretty accurate for being 6 days late.

So my first baby, my ob didn't see the need to do additional scans, and he was a healthy perfectly normal 8lb6oz baby. I was strict with my GD diet. My second baby I struggled a lot with the diet. I didnt test consistently, i gave in to cravings here and there. Mentally, it was so much harder going through it then the first. So i worried about baby and asked for more scans. And they just made me feel worse because of course they are going to say he's on the big side. But it seemed they were mainly going by the belly size, so it just was confusing and frustrating for me. With GD, shouldn't the shoulder size be the main factor? GD babies, if the mom is not diagnosed/monitored, gain fat around shoulders and neck which can cause birthing complications. But anyways, my second was bigger at 9lbs1oz but perfectly normal and healthy and no signs of high sugars. For my mom, all us 3 kids were in the 8-10lb range and she didnt have GD. So i think we just grow em big in our family ;-)

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